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Enhancing Human Security: U.S. Policies And Their Health Impact On Women In Sub-Saharan Africa, Tamera Fillinger

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.

Children Of Color With Mental Health Problems: Stuck In All The Wrong Places, Susan P. Levinton

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.

Veterans Affairs Benefits For Sexually Assaulted Male Veterans, Reid C. Schweitzer

William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law

No abstract provided.

Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Sc 964), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 964. Family correspondence, 1945-1958 (60 items), chiefly of Governor Flemon Davis Sampson, Barbourville, Kentucky and his daughters Emolyne (Sampson) Churchill and Paula (Sampson) Risen, Louisville, Kentucky. Also business correspondence and papers about Sampson’s incompetency and his financial affairs, 1955-1967 (38).

Motivation Rulers For Smoking Cessation: A Prospective Observational Examination Of Construct And Predictive Validity, Edwin D. Boudreaux, Ashley F. Sullivan, Beau W. Abar, Steven L. Bernstein, Adit A. Ginde, Carlos A. Camargo Jr.

Open Access Articles

BACKGROUND: Although popular clinically, the psychometric properties of motivation rulers for tobacco cessation are unknown. This study examined the psychometric properties of rulers assessing importance, readiness, and confidence in tobacco cessation.

METHODS: This observational study of current smokers was conducted at 10 US emergency departments (EDs). Subjects were assessed during their ED visit (baseline) and reassessed two weeks later. We examined intercorrelations between the rulers as well as their construct and predictive validity. Hierarchical multinomial logistic regressions were used to examine the rulers' predictive ability after controlling for covariables.

RESULTS: We enrolled 375 subjects. The correlations between the three rulers ...

Smoking, Cardiac Symptoms, And An Emergency Care Visit: A Mixed Methods Exploration Of Cognitive And Emotional Reactions, Karyn A. Tappe, Edwin D. Boudreaux, Beth Bock, Erin L. O'Hea, Brigitte M. Baumann, Steven Hollenberg, Bruce M. Becker, Gretchen B. Chapman

Open Access Articles

Emergency departments and hospitals are being urged to implement onsite interventions to promote smoking cessation, yet little is known about the theoretical underpinnings of behavior change after a healthcare visit.

This observational pilot study evaluated three factors that may predict smoking cessation after an acute health emergency: perceived illness severity, event-related emotions, and causal attribution. Fifty smokers who presented to a hospital because of suspected cardiac symptoms were interviewed, either in the emergency department (ED) or, for those who were admitted, on the cardiac inpatient units. Their data were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to capture the individual ...

What Are You Willing To Change To Promote Your Patients' Oral Health? Find Out How Motivational Interviewing Can Help You Help Your Patients, Don Morrow, Clive S. Friedman, Jennifer D. Irwin

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.

Facilitating Social Integration For People With Severe Mental Illness, Sheila Linz

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Adherence To Physical Activity Among Individuals With Or Without Cardiovascular Disease, Zyad T. Saleh

Theses and Dissertations--Nursing

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major public health problem and a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Regular physical activity is recommended for prevention and management of CVD. Despite the cardiovascular health benefits of physical activity most adults are physically inactive. Therefore, the aim of this dissertation was to examine the factors associated with adherence to physical activity among individuals with or without CVD.

The first paper is a report of a study conducted to examine which baseline demographic (age, gender, marital status, socioeconomic status, and place of residency), psychosocial (social support, depression, anxiety, and fatalism ...

The Relationship Between Intergenerational Solidarity And Medication Adherence In Community Dwelling Elders, Connie Rutan Kartoz

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Contemporary Mediumship: Anthropological Perspectives On The Long Island Medium, Rasha Darghawth

Totem: The University of Western Ontario Journal of Anthropology

Bereavement following the loss of a loved one has and always will remain a panhuman constant. An increasingly popularized form of healing is asserting itself in the form of mediumship. This paper seeks to investigate contemporary forms of mediumship in North America through critical analysis of the TLC show, Long Island Medium. Rather than questioning the validity of such practices, it instead strives to deconstruct the symbolic healing system surrounding the medium. This healing system serves to assure cultural constructions of an afterlife while acknowledging the presence and ability of spirits gaining agency through after-death communication. Furthermore, this paper seeks ...

A Letter To The Editor: Under-Represented Minority Faculty In Academic Medical Centers, Kendall M. Campbell Md

Family Medicine and Rural Health Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Body Image And Disordered Eating Patterns In African-American College Women, Amazing Grace L. Danso

Senior Honors Papers

Currently, increasing scholarly attention is being given to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating. A bulk of the research on the issue has focused on Caucasian women. As a result, the body of research may be limited in its generalization to other racial and ethnic groups. This study, therefore, sought to study disordered eating among African-American college women. Two models based on research questions were tested. The first focused on how body mass index (BMI) impacted disordered eating, while the second focused on how the difference between perceived actual and ideal body image impacted disordered eating ...

Early Life Stress, Drug Abuse, Exercise Effects On Bdnf And Sex-Influenced Excercise Differences, Karissa Dold

UNLV Theses/Dissertations/Professional Papers/Capstones

In 2011, the U.S. reported 3 million child maltreatment cases, an uncomfortably high but recurring figure each year. Research shows exposure to early life stress (ELS) increases an individual’s susceptibility to substance abuse, specifically of nicotine, alcohol, and cocaine. Increased susceptibility may result from dysregulation of the HPA axis sustaining activation into adulthood after ELS. Hyperactivation of the HPA axis significantly reduces hippocampal BDNF, a neurotrophin involved in neuronal growth and plasticity. Reduced hippocampal BDNF may be a factor in substance abuse vulnerability. Additionally, research shows exercise protects hippocampal BDNF from stress induced down-regulation. To explore these relationships ...

A Culture Of Stigma: Black Women And Mental Health, Alexandria Okeke

Undergraduate Research Awards

For Black women, the issue of stereotype has been a factor affecting use of medical care and support, especially for mental illness. Black women with mental illness may not be treating their mental issues, but instead masking them. Historical medical experimentation, distrust of medical institutions, the trope of the “strong Black woman,” which operate uniquely to Black communities, stresses the need for culturally inclusive mental healthcare. This research also has implications for mental health initiatives and public policy imperatives in other communities of color. This project explores the history of medical experimentation on African Americans, the resulting distrust of medical ...

Remembering Through Art: Imaginative Reconstructions With Older Adults Experiencing Dementia, Christine Woywod, Melanie G. Davenport

Journal of Art for Life

In this article, we examine remembering as imaginative reconstructions with older adults. We discuss two forms of remembering through creative engagement: first, helping individuals remember specific memories from their lifetimes as a reconstruction of identity; and second helping people remember feelings of productivity, engagement, and belonging to a group. We argue that creative engagement through art offers moments of remembering, where artists and art educators cannot only help individuals reconstruct identity through the remembrance of specific memories from their lifetimes, but they can help people meet higher level needs through remembering feelings of productivity, engagement, and belonging.

A Visual Communication Intervention For Caregivers Of Spouses With Alzheimer’S Disease, Nola K. Freeman

Journal of Art for Life

An intervention was created based on visual communication for use with spousal caregivers and individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The intervention was informed by Winnicott (1974) and Bloomgarden and Sezaki’s (2000) use of visual communication, rather than verbal communication, as a means of increasing communication and positive interaction in couples. Two case studies were conducted to assess the effectiveness of the intervention in increasing positive interactions and relationship quality of couples dealing with AD. Couples were asked to participate in three art directives based on visual communication including a scribble chase, salt dough, and art card directive. It ...

The Link, One Health, And Social Capital: A New Strategy For Empathy Education And Social Work, Phil Arkow

International Veterinary Social Work Summit

For 150 years, animal welfare and veterinary advocates have promoted a doctrine that animal welfare will be enhanced by teaching children kindness to animals and responsible animal husbandry practices. However, these efforts have been stymied by societal and professional perceptions that “animal” causes are less worthy than “human” services. Ten significant challenges have made it difficult, if not impossible, to gain access to educators’ curricula and social work training. In a society that continues to place humans’ interests above animals’, it is time to try a new approach that focuses on the human benefits of animal welfare. In particular, a ...

Natural Dog Training Provides New Ways To Understand And Manage Stresses Of Canine Assistance Work, Jean Marie Thompson, Kevin Behan

International Veterinary Social Work Summit

Limiting dis-stress experienced by assisted therapy, crisis response, and combat comfort dogs is a concern of handlers, organizations, and researchers. Dogs communicate feelings via body language especially muzzle expressions and physical behaviors that people and other animals recognize. Projection of dis-stress by dogs negatively impacts therapeutic interactions, distracting and detracting from beneficial flow of feelings. Dog welfare is risked. Behan's Natural Dog Training ("NDT") presents an alternative paradigm for understanding dog dis-stress. NDT is an energy flow model that is different from but compatible with positive reinforcement techniques and attuned to Adrian Bejan's constructal law of nature, a ...

Cruelty Intervention Advocacy, A New Approach To Animal Hoarding Interventions, Allison Cardona

International Veterinary Social Work Summit

Animal hoarding affects thousands of animals and people across the United States. Conservative estimates place the number of new cases at two to three thousand per year, though no centralized database exists, so the full scope of the problem is unknown. Unlike intentional, single acts of cruelty, animal hoarding impacts a large number of animals over a prolonged period of time. Any type of animal can be hoarded, though the majority of hoarding situations involve cats and dogs, with numbers ranging from a few dozen to several hundred and even thousands of animals living in a single location. Accumulation of ...